Conveyer



(No Model.)

G. B. KRUG.

CONVEYEB.

No. 597,376. Patented Jan. 11, 1898.

UNITED STATES i PATENT @trice GEORGEB. KRUG, OF GOODFARM, ILLINOIS.

CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 597,376, dated January11, 1898. Application filed February l1, 1897. Serial No. 622,991. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Kuno, of Goodfarm township, in the countyof Grundy and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Conveyers; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference markedthereon, which form part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inconveyers, and more particularly to that class known as portable andadjustable elevators.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and incombinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a conveyer simple, cheap, anddurable of construction and composed of a minimum number of parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a conveyer that can beeasily and quickly transported and adjusted as desired to suit anymachine, such as corn-shellers, threshers, and cars or wagons and thelike, described elsewhere. i

Another object of the invention is to provide means for adjusting theconveyer to the desired height or angle by means of the slotted leverand legs, which are adapted to slide and work on a pivot, and also tocontrol the conveyer and to throw it into and out of engagement with thedriving-gear by means of the spring and clutch.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 isa top plan view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section onthe line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, co is the frame ortrough of the conveyer closed atone end and provided with the hopper orflaring side pieces b.

c are the pivoted and adjustable legs or supports, p the levers, and rthe rods connecting the legs c and levers 19.

In the discharge or open end of the frame or trough a, a suitabledistance below the top of the sides, is a shaft d, carrying the twosprocket-wheels e and the clutch f, operated by the lever g. Thedrive-gear h also has a clutch-jaw h to register with and engage theclutch f. The cog or sprocket wheel 7L is loosely mounted on the shaft dand normally held in engagement with the clutch f by means of the spiralspring '11, which encircles the shaft d, and held in place by the splitpin j in the end of said shaft d. 7c is an endless belt carried by thesprocket-chains k' and having the cross-bars or take-ups Z at suitableintervals throughout its length.

Beneath the sprocket-chainsk', about midway, I arrange two or morebeveled guides fm, adapted to take up slack, prevent sagging, and thechains from falling below the sides of the trough or frame.

The haring side pieces t are removable, so that when the conveyer is tobe inserted in a filled crib or bin the closed end can be thrust intothe materialsuch as grain, ears of corn,

or any stuff-to be carried. The plate n, at the closed end of the bodyor trough, in clines down close to the endless belt, covers and forms ahousing for the sprocket-Wheels o in that end of the frame, and alsoguides the corn or the like into the conveyer.

When it is desired that the flaring pieces be attached, the corn may beshoveled into the con veyer and thence to the desired point.

In operation the conveyer is inserted into a crib in such a positionthat the corn or the like will by means ofthe inclined guide-plate n bedirected to the belt and thence to the discharge end of theconveyer,\rhich has been placed to deliver the corn to the machine ordesired receptacle, the conveyer being set in motion by its drivingconnection to any suitable motor. housed and protected by and beneaththe said inclined plate n and the legs folded against the sides of theconveyer to avoid obstruction and so that the frame of the conveyer maylie horizontally or in a flat position.

It is possible that the corn or the like may be conveyed too rapidly,and in such oase the lever g is pushed, forcing the drive-wheel hagainst the tension of the spring il and the clutch-jaw h' out ofengagement with the clutch f, thus allowing the endless belt to rest,While the Sheller or other machine may operate The rear sprocket-wheelsare' without interference. Then Whenit is desired to let more corn passthe lever is released and the spring takes effect, forcing the drive-Wheel to engage the clutch and the conveyer to continue its Work.

The uses and advantages of this device are many. It is light and can beeasily moved. It is simple of construction and not easily disabled,accurate, direct, and quick of action.

It is evident thatvarious slight i changes might be made in the forms,construction, and arrangements of the parts described Without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exact construction herein set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and Wish tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination with a conveyer frame or body of the pivoted andslotted levers, the pivoted and slotted legs, and the connectingrods,said parts arranged in such manner that the slotted portions of saidlegs and levers slide over their pivots, whereby, the frame may beraised, lowered or held in horizontal position.

-2. A portable conveyer comprising the trough or frame, adapted to carrythe movable inclined side pieces forming a hopper, the inclined endguide-piece, sprocket Wheels and chains, covered by said inclined endpiece, the endless conveying-belt adapted to be carried by saidsprocket-Wheels, the sprocket-Wheels for operating said conveying-belt,adjustable legs adapted to be folded up against the sides of the frameWhen the conveyer is to be inserted into a body of grain and guides onthe inside of said frame to prevent the conveyingbelt from sagging, asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE B. KRUG.

Witnesses:

-FRED. KRUG, 4 WM. H. KETCHAM.

